Isocrates, Panathenaicus, ed. George Norlin, 16

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[16]
καὶ τί δεῖ θαυμάζειν τῶν πρὸς ἁπάσας τὰς ὑπεροχὰς οὕτω διακεῖσθαι πεφυκότων, ὅπου καὶ τῶν οἰομένων διαφέρειν καὶ ζηλούντων ἐμὲ καὶ μιμεῖσθαι γλιχομένων τινὲς ἔτι δυσμενέστερον ἔχουσί μοι τῶν ἰδιωτῶν· ὧν τίνας ἄν τις εὕροι πονηροτέρους, εἰρήσεται γάρ, εἰ καί τισι δόξω νεώτερα καὶ βαρύτερα λέγειν τῆς ἡλικίας, οἵτινες οὔτε φράζειν οὐδὲν μέρος ἔχοντες τοῖς μαθηταῖς τῶν εἰρημένων ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ, τοῖς τε λόγοις παραδείγμασι χρώμενοι τοῖς ἐμοῖς καὶ ζῶντες ἐντεῦθεν τοσούτου δέουσι χάριν ἔχειν τούτων, ὥστʼ οὐδʼ ἀμελεῖν ἡμῶν ἐθέλουσιν, ἀλλʼ ἀεί τι φλαῦρον περὶ ἐμοῦ λέγουσιν;

Panathenaicus. Isocrates. ed. George Norlin. Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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Παναθηναικός (Greek) (Isocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).)

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Panathenaicus Perseus (IIsocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).) — 16 focus

[16] But why wonder at those who are by nature envious of all superior excellence, when certain even of those who regard themselves as superior and who seek to emulate me and imitate my work are more hostile to me than is the general public? And yet where in the world could you find men more reprehensible—for I shall speak my mind even at the risk of appearing to some to discourse with more vehemence and rancor than is becoming to my age—where, I say, could you find men more reprehensible than these, who are not able to put before their students even a fraction of what I have set forth in my teaching but use my discourses as models and make their living from so doing, and yet are so far from being grateful to me on this account that they are not even willing to let me alone but are always saying disparaging things about me?

Isocrates Panathenaicus 16

ed. George Norlin

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